Ministers' Meetings

Met Arturo Bejar, Molly Rose Foundation

To discuss online safety and progress on the online safety act

Met James Harding, Editor of Tortoise Media

Informal meeting to discuss the governments clean power mission, and key DESNZ policies

Met UNHCR

To discuss UNHCR�s work in Pakistan, in relation to refugee and humanitarian policies

Met HSBC

To discuss the financial services industry

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Malaysia: Petronas

To discuss Malaysia path towards net-zero, mentioning Malaysia NDC in terms of methane emissions and increasing energy demand

Met Malaysia: Mott MacDonald, Ricardo PLC, Strathclyde University, ARUP, Environmental Resources Management

To discuss Malaysia’s net zero progress and where UK businesses could share relevant expertise

Met China Light and Power Company

To discuss the energy industry

Met Chris Sanger

To discuss the tax policymaking process

Met British Steel

To discuss government support for the British Steel site in Scunthorpe

Met UN Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Meeting on humanitarian ais access to Gaza

Met UK linked Israeli hostage family group

Meeting to discuss experience of UK-linked Israeli hostage families.

Met University of Science and Technology, The Economist, Equal Justice

To disucss the business environment in Asia

Met National Police Coordination Centre and Humberside Police

To discuss operational issues

Met Maritime UK, UK Major Ports Group, Port of Tyne, University of Southampton, Lloyds Register, DFDS, Workboat Association, GB Global, Port of London Authority, British Ports Association, UK Chamber of Shipping, GE Vernova, Bristol Port, Port of Dover, Society of Maritime Industries

Roundtable meeting to discuss Maritime Sector Priorities

Met TUC/BALPA/Unite/Prospect

Roundtable meeting to discuss union priorities for the aviation sector

Met The Chatterjee Group

To discuss innovation collaboration

Met UK Biobank

To discuss biobank and life sciences research

Met Local Nature Partnerships and Wildlife and Countryside Link

A meeting with members of the Local Nature Partnership APPG on Local Nature Recovery Strategies and Environment Land Management Schemes

Met Helena Horton, Environmental Reporter, the Guardian

Interview on new National Forests and investment into tree planting

Met Open AI

Discussion of the strategic priorities that might lead to collarboration with HMG

Met Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)

Introductory meeting to discuss SMMT and automative sector

Met Charge UK

Introductory meeting to discuss sector challenges and business rate impacts

Met Metro Mayors of Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, Tees Valley, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, North East England, London

Video meeting with the Metro Mayors and devolved Governments to discuss the impact of US tariffs on key regional industries

Met Gingerbread

To hear first hand experiences of low income families

Met GlaxoSmithKline Plc

To discuss the impact of the Corporate Tax Roadmap

Met Chief Constable, Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

To discuss policing in Cambridgeshire

Met Chief Constable Lead for Local Policing, National Police Chiefs Council

To discuss the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee

Met Birmingham City Council

To discuss the waste collection service dispute

Met Wellcome Trust

To discuss data in health and how it can support innovation.

Met Anglo American

Discussed the Woodsmith mining project.

Met SEGRO

Visit and meeting to discuss data centres

Met Live Labs 2

Visit to see pedestrian lighting test site currently used by East Ridings Council

Met Ashden, Association of Colleges, Building Safet Regulator, Construction Industry Training Board, Construction Leadership Council Competence, Coventry College, Greenworkx, GTEC Training Limited, Installation Assurance Authority, Macbrook Gas, Passivhaus Trust, Quidos, Retrofit Academy, Sustainable Building Services UK, UK Skills Academy, Unyte Academy

Roundtable discussion on skills and workforce capacity ahead of the Warm Homes Plan

Met Denmark: Wind Europe, Orsted Group, RWE Offshore, Hitachi Energy, TenneT, Elia Group

To discuss collaboration across Europe to facilitate renewable energy infrastructure development, and challenges and opportunities in meeting supply chain targets

Met Jaguar Land Rover

meeting to discuss the impact of US tariffs on car imports, cost-cutting measures and HMG's support in offsetting import duties

Met Energy UK, Ofgem, Smart Energy GB

To discuss the Radio Teleswitch Service switch-off

Met Denmark: Fred Olsen Seawind

To discuss Contracts for Difference mechanisms and how to support innovation and infrastructure delivery

Met Denmark: Equinor

To discuss the UK Contracts for Difference and UK-EU Reset and Improved Electricity Trading Arrangements

Met Troupe

To discuss HMRC's work on closing the tax gap

Met Denmark: RWE Renewables

To discuss the UK Contracts for Difference, supply chain constraints, and Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW) costs, advocating regulatory clarity to ensure timely delivery of CP2030 targets

Met Eutelsat

Meeting with Sunil Bharti Mittal to discuss the future of Eutelsat and the space sector in the UK

Met Melanie Dawes, CEO of Ofcom

To discuss Ofcom consultation on the draft VAWG Guidance - Violence against women and girls

Met Sex Matters Org

To discuss the Data (Use and Access) Bill and data accuracy

Met Dartmoor Nature Alliance

Meeting to discuss their suggestions and input on how nature should be encouraged and how land use should be developed in Dartmoor National Park

Met Lloyds Banking Group

To discuss Growth and Pensions Investment in the UK

Met Dartmoor National Park Authority

A visit to Dartmoor National Park in which discussions were held on the impact of funding changes

Met Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit

Attended meetings for discussions on Land, Food and Farming

Met British Steel

To discuss the transformation of the business and operating issues on site.

Met Mansion House investor roundtable: SIMCo; Brookfield; Goldman Sachs; Prudential; BlackRock; EM Impact Capital; International Consumer and Wealth; Mizuho International plc; Universities Superannuation Scheme; Schroders; Local Government Pension Scheme; Legal and General; TheCityUK; The Investment Association; WNS; TCS; State Bank of India; Vodafone; HSBC; Tide; Clifford Chance; Aviva; Lord Mayor of the City of London; Baron Sedwill of Sherborne; Sir Nicholas Stephen Leland Lyons KStJ; Dame Patricia Hewitt

To discuss the potential benefits to business and investors from the India Free Trade Agreement, with the Indian Minister of Finance